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elearn Magazine: Storytelling in eLearning: The why and how
Every year, I have to complete training related to confidentiality policies (as a learner, not an as the instructional designer). Most years, I think of the training as time wasted—I already know that I'm not supposed to blab confidential information to my friends and family. But last year, the training instructor opened with a story about a confidentiality breach caused by an employee checking his email in a cafe.Description ID Guru is like having a brilliant companion. ID Guru defines over 450 terms for learning experience designers, including the fields of instructional design online learning, cognitive psychology, multimedia development and more. - Browse terms by these categories: Cognitive Psychology, Instructional Design, Learning Theory, Legal, Multimedia, Online Learning, Social Media and Technical
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These are my live blogged notes from the Designing e-Learning for Maximum Motivation webinar by Ethan Edwards of Allen Interactions . Any typos, mistakes, incomplete thoughts, etc. are likely mine, not the presenter’s. My side comments in italics . Quick Summary of the Motivation Rules Organizations choose e-learning for other reasons (cost, access, etc.), but as an instructional designers, we’re focused on the performance change
Designing e-Learning for Maximum Motivation « Experiencing E-Learning
With an entertaining blend of case studies and startling research, the Heath brothers lay out the critical elements of a sticky idea. They are-- As you might expect, the authors use these techniques to drive home their point. For example, in the chapter on stories, they talk about Subway's Jared campaign--quite a dramatic behind-the-scenes story besides being a near perfect example of storytelling in marketing. Although these six elements seem like common sense, they are woefully underapplied in business communication. The authors state it well--
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (9781400064281): Chip Heath, Dan Heath: Books
Job Aids and Performance Support: Moving From Knowledge in the Classroom to Knowledge Everywhere (Essential Knowledge Resource) (9780787976217): Allison Rossett, Lisa Schafer: Books
Review "Allison Rossett shines her spotlight on performance support through job aids, low and high tech, available now and coming soon. She and co-author Lisa Schafer dazzle us with possibilities for Planners (for just before and after the performance challenge) and Sidekicks (great term!
Questioning Gagné and Bloom’s Relevance « Experiencing E-Learning
Several weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Lauren Hirsh . Lauren needed to do an informational interview for her masters program, and I needed some new profile pictures. (The pictures turned out terrific; I’m sure I got the better end of the bargain.)Big Dog, Little Dog
Yes I'm a few days late for David Kelly’s Learning Styles ‘Awareness’ Day , so I hope you forgive me. While most of the recent posts on using learning styles in instructional design have been mainly against using them, I'm going to take a slightly different position—not that we need to cater to each individual style, but that learning styles may be helpful when designing learning platforms. So far the learning style debate has been mostly two tiles of a different color laid side by side—you are either fer it or agin it—we should assess student learning styles to improve learner outcome verses learning style assessments are unreliable, thus they should not never be used. However, I see the debate more as a mosaic that allows multiple patterns to occur. Sensing and Intuitive Learning Styles
“Old ideas on how to learn are evolving as new technology enables us to increase our knowledge and productivity, as long as we take advantage of what science is bringing our way. It’s an exciting time to be alive!” Right now, we are on the cusp of a shakeup within the eLearning tools industry.
Toolkit: Tools, Tools, and More Tools by Joe Ganci : Learning Solutions Magazine
We love watching videos. YouTube and other similar video sharing websites have made viewing and sharing videos as easy as possible. However when it comes to learning from videos, there is certainly a hitch. For example, consider I have to write a paper on Entrepreneurship and I am referring to some videos on the topic. Let’s say I look at the video below :
The Writers Gateway » Why Learning From Videos is Difficult